Undoubtedly, at the moment, the major cause of CO2 emission is what happens in developed countries.

In a democracy everybody has a right to be represented, including the jerks.

Hong Kong's people will get what they want, despite China's objections. Freedom invariably wins in the end.

Hong Kong represents the kind of Asia with which both West and East are comfortable... It offers, in that sense, a vision for the future of Asia.

I don't think that capitalism should be unbridled, if by "unbridled" you mean unregulated.

In democracy everyone has the right to be represented, even the jerks.

So, what I say to people is that politics has got to be about principle and values above all. Of course, there are times when you have to make accommodations.

I suppose I've always carried what is regarded as a bit of unnecessary baggage in Britain. I've always carried the charge that I am an intellectual in politics.

Green politics at its worst amounts to a sort of Zen fascism; less extreme, it denounces growth and seeks to stop the world so that we can all get off.

Anyone who supposed that when Margaret Thatcher left Number Ten she was going to take a Trappist vow did not know that formidable politician.

I think that if politics is just about getting your backside on important seats, then it's a pretty worthless endeavor.

I don't understand how can people hold faith and reasoning in the same head. To my understanding, faith, like love, is blind.

The path that God has paved for you will take you to places beyond your imagination and capabilities. Stay on this path and you will experience the joy of true success.

Don't fear the world and you will conquer it, fear it and it conquers you - rjs

It took me twenty years of living with my father to accept the idea that being good could be good enough.

The main thing is that it's nice to see these young people - 9 to 14 years old - take the opportunity to get more involved in their health and fitness. We need more kids to be more active.

When I joined Ford, in the late 1970s, I felt strongly we could not forever be a huge user of natural resources without there being consequences. But I was alone in my thinking in those days.

The end of a dissolute life is most commonly a desperate death.

I wouldn't be surprised if some day, they put the Simpsons in the Smithsonian. It's become part of our culture, those characters.

When I did start writing books, I didn't realize it, but the girls that grew up watching the show became moms.

I’m not sure which is worse: intense feeling, or the absence of it.